David d avray biography of rory

Academic Background

BA History, St John’s College Cambridge (1970-1973); DPhil History, Balliol College Oxford (1973-1976); Michael Foster Memorial Scholar, Oxford-Ludwig Maximilians Universität Munich (1976-77); Lecturer in History, UCL (1977-93); Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, LMU Munich;  FRHS (1991); Reader in History, UCL (1993-96).

Professor of History, UCL (1996-2019); ‘Directeur  d’Etudes invité’, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris  (1997) ; General Editor, Oxford Medieval Texts 2003 – present ; Chair, Medieval Studies Section, British Academy (2012-2014); Editorial Committee, Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi (2005-2016); FBA (2005); Corresponding Fellow, Medieval Academy of America (2016).

Undergraduate Teaching

Courses taught: Friars, Towns, and Universities; History of Mental Attitudes;  Parliamentary and Baronial Crises’ (with Prof.

C. Russell); Faith and Unbelief Aquinas to Darwin’. (with P Chorley); From William the Bastard to the Hammer of the